Remember, though, social media giants are monopolists and it's impossible to compete against them.
You just have to be the Chinese government?
TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app
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#12Sometimes I wonder what the most downloaded app would be if free apps simply didn't exist. Let's put $1 as the minimum. Would TikTok still be #1? Apparently Minecraft is the #1 downloaded paid app. Would TikTok beat Minecraft? It's kind of fascinating. TikTok's ability to hook you in is truly amazing.
Was WhatsApp $1 to download back in the day, or did users pay after download via some kind of subscription?
WhatsApp used to cost $1 to download when it was just starting out — this was before Apple added subscriptions to iOS apps.
Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app
#13Remember, though, social media giants are monopolists and it's impossible to compete against them.
This isn't really small startups competing, though. It's a state sponsored/backed entity with more goals than just disrupting the market.
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#14Sometimes I wonder what the most downloaded app would be if free apps simply didn't exist. Let's put $1 as the minimum. Would TikTok still be #1? Apparently Minecraft is the #1 downloaded paid app. Would TikTok beat Minecraft? It's kind of fascinating. TikTok's ability to hook you in is truly amazing.
Was WhatsApp $1 to download back in the day, or did users pay after download via some kind of subscription?
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#15TikTok is probably the best social media app, the only problem is the terrible search function. It doesn't have the sorting and filters that youtube does, fixing this one thing would make it so much more useful to me...
It's not meant to be useful, it's meant to be engaging.
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#16Is there any chance for facebook to buy them like they did instagram and whatsapp?
It's possible but extremely unlikely, being a Chinese company. I'm sure the Chinese Government has no interest in letting Mark Zuckerberg own the platform. And it's certainly not like they need the money from Facebook.
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#17Pro TikTok take. It's easier and friendlier to consume. The algorithm is good at tailoring interests. But, it's more like TV than FB.
There are plenty of arguments and issues with the politics and moderation of Facebook, but TikTok is more simple than Facebook, and it appeals at that level in the same way Instagram does.
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#18Is there any chance for facebook to buy them like they did instagram and whatsapp?
Bytedance would have to want to sell TikTok first ;)
Unlikely IMO, unless there will be drama similar to what trump did a year ago, but even then I would expect that someone else will buy it
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#19Pro TikTok take. It's easier and friendlier to consume. The algorithm is good at tailoring interests. But, it's more like TV than FB.
100% agree. The "for you page" is absolutely the best automatically curated feed I have ever seen.
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#20Sometimes I wonder what the most downloaded app would be if free apps simply didn't exist. Let's put $1 as the minimum. Would TikTok still be #1? Apparently Minecraft is the #1 downloaded paid app. Would TikTok beat Minecraft? It's kind of fascinating. TikTok's ability to hook you in is truly amazing.
The barrier is what you pay for the phone, either with Apple's margins (both in the up-front cost of the phone and via the 30% paid via in-app purchases) or, on Android, Google's ability to target ads at you. If consumers didn't have to pay these (arguably hidden) costs, and had to pay $1 minimum per app, then yes, it wouldn't exist or be nearly as popular.